translated from Spanish: Power cuts: complaints, denunciations and sanctions for distributors

then from days of intense heat in thousands of users (around 80,000) from the Federal Capital and greater Buenos Aires left without energy service. For that reason it is expected the national electricity regulatory agency to punish to the distributors, although they also stressed that interruptions of the power supply fell from 19.3 to 14.3 hours of average cut by user compared to the previous Administration. 

The Buenos Aires Ombudsman received complaints by cuts by users and Electrodependientes users who were left without service and that imply a high risk to the lives of the people. “The sanction that might receive regarding companies explained to Filo.News that” are fines for users or users or remedies “‘ rated’, depending on the amount of hours without service amounts”. While the Secretariat of energy ensures that companies comply with the investment plan announced, from the Office of the Ombudsman they blame the same lack of investment by the power cuts. 

Faced repeated cuts of light and the number of complaints I received, today I will go out to the streets to raise allegations of vegan vecinxs in affected neighborhoods and make a survey of the cuts. I will be accompanied by a team of lawyers and staff of the @DefensoriaCABA. – Alejandro Amor (@AleAmorDefensor) January 30, 2019 “companies must make investments to which pledged. Users already fulfill our part, now touched companies”they told Filo.News. And added: “with much higher rates and a huge fundraiser for the companies, the power outages not only not diminished but that in some cases of increased”. The Buenos Aires Ombudsman was Wednesday in the streets of the city centre taking complaints from neighbors in the constant power cuts

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